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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024loin /lɔɪn/USA pronunciation n. - ZoologyUsually, loins. [plural] the parts of the body of animals that lie on either side of the spine between the ribs and the hipbones.
- [countable] a cut of meat from this region, esp. one including the adjacent bone.
- Anatomy, Zoology loins, [plural]
- the parts of the human body between the hips and the lower ribs, esp. regarded as the seat of physical strength and reproductive power.
- the genital area;
the sex organs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loin (loin),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy, ZoologyUsually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- a cut of meat from this region of an animal, esp. a portion including the vertebrae of such parts. See diag. under beef.
- Anatomy, Zoology loins:
- the parts of the body between the hips and the lower ribs, esp. regarded as the seat of physical strength and generative power.
- the genital and pubic area;
genitalia.
- Idioms gird or gird up one's loins, to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness, strength, or endurance:He girded his loins to face his competitor.
- Vulgar Latin *lumbea, noun, nominal use of feminine of *lumbeus of the loins, equivalent. to Latin lumb(us) loin + -eus -eous
- Middle French lo(i)gne, perh.
- Middle English loyne 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loin /lɔɪn/ n - Also called: lumbus the part of the lower back and sides between the pelvis and the ribs
Related adjective(s): lumbar - a cut of meat from this part of an animal
See also loinsEtymology: 14th Century: from Old French loigne, perhaps from Vulgar Latin lumbra (unattested), from Latin lumbus loin |